Hoot Hoot Hurray!

Today is a special day for Craft Your Passion, folks! Today marks their 100th challenge! Wow! Can you beleive it?! Time sure has flown by! It's hard to beleive it, isn't it?! I remember fondly, the time I served on the DT at Craft Your Passion. I started as a guest designer back when Lauretta and Corrine ran the challenge blog, and ended up staying on. The time eventually came for me to move on, and the blog is now ran by the wonderful Jenn Jackson, who's doing a bang up job! *Applause* From time to time, Jenn invites me back as a guest for special events, and of course, I'm always happy to participate! This is no exception! I'm honored, as always to be be asked. This is a special time for Craft Your Passion and a real cause for celebration!

The celebration is in full swing, with tons of wonderful sponsors! Lots of sponsors mean lots of prizes! Be sure you head over and check out the festitivities at Craft Your Passion and play along in the current challenge, for your chance to win!

I went with a shaped card for my first Craft Your Passion project. I'm using Hootie Pie Clown by Pink Cat Studio, who's one of the many fabulous sponsors this week! He's colored with Promarkers. All papers are from my stash.


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:


Royal Digi Challenge #6 Use A Bit of Green at The Scrapbooking Queen
GL34 It's A Zoo at Gingerloft
Gilli Goes Green at House Of Gilli
All Critters Great And Small at Paper Cupcakes
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #110 Anything Goes at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #61 Things With Wings at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at paper Crafting Journey
Use your Stash at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle
Challenge #10 Seeing Spots or Stripes at Pile It On
Linky Party #79 at Make It Monday
Challenge #3 Anything Goes at Always Crafting
Challenge #70 Clean and Simple at Lollipop Crafts
Going Green at Paper Pretties
TPE138 At Least Three Layers at The Pink Elephant
Challenge #26 CAS at Paper Make Up Stamps

Hop Along With Craft Your Passion

Welcome to Craft Your Passion Challenges VERY FIRST "Anything Goes" Blog Hop!!

We are very excited about all the changes our blog has gone through in the last couple of months and wanted to throw a party. What better way to do that, than to have a BLOG HOP!!!

If you have hopped over from Jenn's blog, then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by and would like to join our hop from the beginning, please go to Craft Your Passion Challenges and follow along for a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy along the way and PRIZES at the end.

All Craft Your Passion DT members are going to be playing along in the hop with some very special guest designers.

Each designer along the way is featuring a project that showcases a digital image from at least one of our amazing Blog Hop Sponsors.

What’s more exciting is you can participate too by creating a project and linking it up over at Craft Your Passion Challenges for a chance to win one of several prizes.

But, there’s a twist. Be sure to visit all the stops and leave a comment. Once you have finished the hop we would like you to create a project using at least one digital stamp and enter it with our Linky tool.

While you are hopping, be sure to check out the blog candy the designer's have to offer you. You don't want to miss out on any of it!

I have two projects for you, today, from two different sponsors. First, my card featuring a fun image from Bugaboo Stamps, who's offering a great prize as part of our hop:





My card layout uses Repeat Impressions Sketch S711. I've used this wonderful image from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I used some new ruffled ribbon from Stampin Up. The cream colored panel is embossed with one of my new Cuttlebug folders. I cut out two fun bundles of clouds and pop dotted them onto my card, for dimension. The raindrops were punched with a Teardrop punch by Imagination, then outlined with a white opaque pen, then pop dotted them to the card. This turned out to be a great male card!


My next card uses this fabulous image called Klub Kid Witch by another of our wonderful sponsors, the wonderful Rick St. Dennis.





I've colored Klub Kid Witch with Promarkers and used a fun mix of Halloween papers from my stash. The glittered green ribbon is new, from Michael's.


Now that I've told you about my projects, let's get get to the next stop on the hop!

Next, stop by Jamie's blog, to see what she has in store for you today.

Remember, once you have hopped to all the stops and left your comments (we will be checking), it's your turn to show us your "Anything Goes" project.

Make sure to include a digital stamp somewhere on your project, and link up your project over at Craft Your Passion Challenges by Midnight CST September 21 to be eligible for the prizes. Winners will be announced on our Monday, September 26th Challenge post.

Thank you all for hopping with us today and don't forget to "like" Craft Your Passion Challenges on facebook and join in our September Facebook Fan of the Month Challenge under the "discussions" tab!!


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I am entering the Boy With Net card in the following challenges:

Repeat Impressions Sketch S711.
Challenge #61 Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #97 It's A Man Thing at Totally Gorjuss
Let's Get Punchy at Catch The Bug
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #72 Use A Punch at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #79 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #72 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Challenge #37 Layer It at Pile It On
Anything Goes at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #79 Boys Will Be Boys at The Shabby Tea Room
Anything Goes at Crafty Boots
PTT#33 Ribbon, Trim and Fibers, Oh My! at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #128 Celebrate The Season (Spring) at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #159 Flowers at Everybody-Art
PWC171 Earth Elements (Brown and blue) at Paper Pretties
Challenge #76 Autumn Colors at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #111 Outdoor Fun at MyGrafico



And, I am entering the Klub Kid Witch card in these challenges:


Challenge #7 Halloween at Floweret
Challenge #53 Make It Magical Or Spooky at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #127 Photo Inspiration (Colors: Orange, Purple,Green) at Cupcake Inspirations
Spooky at Squiggles and Giggles
Challenge #15 use Glitter (on ribbon) at Heart Song Inspirations
Inspired By Ribbon at Creative Inspirations Paint
Sing It/Or Film Title (Witchy Woman) at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #62 Fall (Halloween) at Penny's Paper-Crafty
IIC#24 Dresss To Impress at Inky Impressions
Challenge #116 Sparkle at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #76 Autumn Colors at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Fall Into Fall (Halloween) at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #68 Halloween at Sew Many Challenges
CIC36 Glitter at Clear Dollar Stamps
Clean and Simple at Totally Paper Crafts
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Creatalicious

Christmas In July And A Farewell

Woot! Woot! Woot! Challenge time at Craft Your Passion. This week, we are celebrating Christmas in July! Our sponsor is Digi's By Phooka, who's offering one lucky winner a fabulous digi prize!

It is with a heavy heart that I announce, today, that I have stepped down from the Design Team at Craft Your Passion. I've been with CYP a long time, but the time has come to move on. I'm going through some personal and family issues at home and have had to cut down on some DT work for the time being.

I've used the Animals in Xmas Sock set, by Digi's By Phooka, colored with Promarkers. The papers and red sequined trim are all from my stash.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #28 Cool It at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Animal Antics at Creative Card Crew
Anything Goes at Clear It Out
Getting Cute at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #23 Christmas In July at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #4 Ribbon at Deep Ocean
Anything Goes at House of Gilli
FF#86 Have A Ruby Kind Of Day at If The Shoe Fits, Scrap It
Challenge #64 Christmas In July at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #108 Cute and Cuddly With A Punch at Moving Along With The Times
Layer It Up at AI Factory
Challenge #45 Coloring at Sarah Hurley
Challenge #13 Anything Goes at Craft us Crazy
Challenge #162 Pets at Rainbow Lady's
Challenge #82 Clean and Simple at Sassy Studios
Something Embellished at Stamp Something
Challenge #13 Paws For Thought at Stampin For The Weekend
Challenge #101 Anything Goes at Papercutz
Challenge #113 Free and Easy at All Sorts
Challenge #5 Christmas in July at Paper Creations Ink
Challenge #90 Punch or Die at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #126 All About Kids at Corrosive
Challenge #103 Ho Ho Ho Christmas in July at Pollycraft
Challenge #8 Anything Goes at Heartsong Inspirations
Anything Goes at Totally Stampalicious

Just For You with Mami Doodles

It's Monday, and that means challenge time, again, at Craft Your Passion. The theme, this week, is Just For You. This is a great theme, nice and open to interpret how you wish! Gotta love those! So fun!

Our Sponsor this week is Mami Doodles, who's been kind enough to give the DT some fabulous images to work with!

Stop by Craft Your Passion and play along in our challenge this week for your chance to win a digi prize from Mami Doodles! While you're there, check out the other awesome creations from the Design Team and leave us some love!

My project today uses Girl With Tulip by Mami Doodles. She's colored with Promarkers. I cut her out and pop dotted her over a folded die cut lace doily, then added some pearls, flowers and ribbon. I used the sketches at Creatalicious and Inspirational Card Sketches for my card layout. All papers are from my stash, as are the flowers and ribbon.

This is perfect for a get well card.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


You Pick (ICS112) at Inspirational Card Sketches
Challenge #23 Sketch at Creatalicious Challenges
Challenge #44 Get Well/Thinking Of You/Just Because at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #2 Special Occasions at Paper Creator's Crafts
Summer Flowers at Scrappy Frogs
Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #2 Favorite Color Combo (Pink and purples) at Little Darlings
Challenge #21 Lots of Dots at The Paper Shelter
Day 127 Triple It (three white pearls) at 365 Cards
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #118 Bling It Up at Digital Tuesday
Flower Power at Try It On Tuesday
Challenge #149 Use Shapes at Everybody Art
Challenge #3 Cards at Deep Ocean
Challenge #27 All About Flowers at Charisma Cardz
Double Time (two sprigs of leaves) at AI Factory
Challenge #14 Spots or Stripes at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #111 Free and Easy at All Sorts
Challenge #142 Get Well Soon at The Secret Crafter
Challenge #63 Die Cut As A Background Mat at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #4 Sugar and Spice -All Things Girly- at the Emerald Faerie Garden
Challenge #70 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #29 Lots of Texture at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #63 Floral at I Did It Creations
Your Favorite Cupcake Challenge (challenge 61, Girly) at Cupcake Crafts
Through The Garden Gate at Stamps R Us
Pretty Blossoms at Creative Craft Challenges
Anything Goes at MyGrafico

Birds Of A Feather

Yay! It's Monday, and that means a new challenge at Craft Your Passion! Our theme this week is Paper Piecing. We have a fabulous sponsor for you this week! We're being sponsored by the wonderful folks at AI Factory, who are giving away a digi prize to one lucky winner!

The generous folks over at AI Factory have given the DT a couple of adorable image sets to play with this week, too! Thank you, AI Factory!

We hope you will join us at Craft Your Passion for our Paper Piecing challenge this week! You know you'd love to win the digi prize from AI Factory! And while you're visiting us at Craft Your Passion, check out the other wonderful creations by the DT and leave them some love!

For my project this week, I decided to try and make a corner bookmark. I hadn't ever made one before, so I was a little nervous about it. While it didn't turn out perfect, I'm happy with the results, for my first attempt! I used scraps of papers from my stash. The birdies are paper pieced and are from the Little Birdie Told Me set from AI Factory. I used a tea green Promarker to outline around the white parts of the birds. I wanted those parts to be white, but find that the white often gets lost in everything, if it isnt highlighted. The tea green Promarker is very light and works well to highlight white spaces. I used the branch punch by Martha Stewart to make sprigs of greenery for the birdies to nest in, and to nest the heart in. The heart is punched with a punch by Creative Memories, and is attached with foam mounting tape for dimension. The border is also punched using a Martha Stewart Punch.


I am entering this corner bookmark in the following challenges:


Let The Paper Piecing Begin at Clear It Out
Challenge #51 Put A Little Song In Your Heart (Birds Of A Feather) at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at Deep Ocean
Anything Goes at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #119 Branches at Creative Belli Blog
HSC5 Laser Cut Details at The Hotspot Studio 313
Anything But A Card at Divas By Design
Challenge #18 Punches And Dies at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #42 No Sentiment at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #103 Inspired By A Song (Birds Of A Feather) at Moving Along With The Times
In The Garden at Hanna And Friends
Favorite Things (Bookmarks and Reading) at Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #85 Tags or Bookmarks at Fun With Shapes And More
Challenge #12 Animal Magic at Do It With Digi's
PCJ#12 Our Feathered Friends at Paper Crafting Journey
Something With Pretty Papers at Stamp Something
Challenge #71 Die Cuts And Punches at Totally Papercrafts
Things With Wings at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #30 Things That Flutter at Delicious Doodles
In The Garden at Timbroscrapmania
Challenge #8 Photo Inspiration (colors) at Jay Gee's Nook
Things With Wings at Sweet Stampin
Photo Inspiration (colors) at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #67 Things With Wings at One Stitch At A Time
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Something Old (Punch), Something New (Patterned Paper) at Totally Stampalicious
In The Garden at By The Cute And Girly

Have a Relaxing Birthday

Craft Your Passion has another great challenge for you, this week, and it's one of your favorites! Anything Goes! Whoo Hoo! You have no excuse, now, not to play along this week!

We have some fabulous sponsors, this week, too! Our digi sponsors are Wags 'n Whiskers and Pattie's Creations. We're also being sponsored by The Robin's Nest. A fun challenge, with fabulous prizes! Who could ask for anything more?!


Be sure and play along with us at Craft Your Passion this week for your chance to win some awesome prizes from our sponsors!

My card today is sort of unusual for me. I always color my images, but this time, I decided to do something different. I've seen cards made with uncolored images and they turn out so pretty. I was always afraid to try it, but decided to venture out into the unknown and see what I came up with. I went with a color combo that I felt would help focus on the image. My card is done in chocolate, olive and lemon. I really like the dramatic effect the uncolored image gives with this color combination. The image is from one of our wonderful sponsors, Pattie's Creations, and is called Bathtime Pattieboop. All papers used on my card are from my stash. The prima flower has an adhesive pearl as the flower center. The sentiment is from Sentiments 4 You and is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up. My card layout uses the sketch at Sketch Saturday.



I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Sketch at Sketch Saturday
June Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #28 Uncolored Image at My Partner In Crafting Crime
Say It In Olive, Lemon and Chocolate at Annabelle Stamps
Challenge #12 Anything Goes Birthday at Birthday Sundaes

What A Guy! My Hero!

Hey, Hey Hey! It's Monday! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Are you ready for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion?!

This week, our theme is, "What A Guy!" Awww don't grumble and groan! I know making masculine cards isn't everyone's favorite theme, but we need to show some love to the guys and boys in our lives too!

Our sponsor this week is Bonni, of Dude Time Doodles (Bonibleaux Designs). Bonni supplies us with some fun male images to work with, and is offering one lucky winner some digi's from her shop! She has some fabulous new releases out! You Don't want to miss out on your chance to win!

Come on over to Craft Your Passion?! and play along in our, "What A Guy" challenge!


My card today, was so fun to create, because it reminds me of my husband and how he hates spiders. (I know the bug in the image isn't a spider, but it still fits with my story) Years ago, I had ordered a bunch of stamping supplies online, around Halloween. When the box came, the company had sprinkled in a bunch of those black plastic spider rings. Hubby was gone to work. Purely innocently, and not even thinking about it, I dumped the plastic spider rings in the trash can. I didn't realize at the time, that one of the spider rings had landed on the edge of a white paper plate in the trash can. Well, later that day, hubby came home and went to throw something away, and seen the spider in the trash can, and went berserk. Next thing I know, he's yelling and beating on the trash can! I run in there, and there he is screaming battle crys and beating the crap out of the trash can, screaming, "Die Die Die!" I'm sorry to say it was quite hysterical at first, and I couldn't help but laugh! It took me ten minutes to calm him down and get it through to him that the spider was plastic! LOL

So, now you can see why this image cracks me up and reminds me of hubby!

I went with two different patterned papers for my card... Stripes and Polkda dots, both papers from my stash. I used ribbon, also from my stash, across the corner pieces of DP, and trimemd it with a punched edge, from a Martha Stewart punch. The image is by Dude Time Doodles and is colored with Promarkers. I used buttons off of an old shirt to embellish the opposite corners.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #57 Anything Goes at Truly Scrumptious
No! No! No Embossing at Stamping Vacation
Anything Goes at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #112 Texture at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #50 Stripes at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #19 Boys! Boys! Boys! at Digistamps4Joy
Colors at Clear It Out
Week 101: 2's (2 Ribbones, 2 DP, 2 Triangles) For Second Anniversary at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #112 Texture at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #118 Tool Shed (Forgotten Martha Stewart Vine Punch) at The Creative Belli Blog
HSC4 Case A Cake (photo #2 Colorful and Bright) at Studio 313 Hotspot
Challenge #7 Favorite Color Combos (Blue and Green) at My Mum's Craft Shop
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #9 Blue, Buttons and Bling at Stampin' For The Weekend
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Challenge #104 Alter/Recycle at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #60 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #21 Boy Oh Boy at Charisma Cardz
Challenge #11 All About The Boys at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #55 Circles (Polkda Dot DP, Buttons) at Sew Many Challenges
Challenge #21 Use Your Scraps at Card Makin Mama's
PCJ Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Bright Colors at Catch The Bug
Challenge #21 Special Man at Craft your Days Away
Challenge #41 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #113 Bugs or Boys (I have both!) at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #113 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Cupcake Inspirations
Ribbon or Fibers at Card Cupids
Challenge #8 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Jay Gee's Nook
There's Your Trouble at Scrap It With A Song
Pets R Us (Not sure what kind of bug that is, in the image) at Stamps R Us
Challenge #41 Male Card or Father's Day at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #41 Inspired By A Song (Hero) at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #29 Forgotten embellishements (buttons) at Woodware USA
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at KB Cute Monday

Show us Anything And Everything!

Wow, time sure is flying by! I can't believe its already time for our monthly "anything goes" challenge at Craft Your Passion! This is my favorite challenge type, and I bet its yours, too!

Craft Your Passion has four fabulous sponsors for you, this week, too! We're being sponsored by Digi's With Attitude! who's giving one winner a $10 Gift certificate to their fabulous new store! Pizzazz Aplenty is back with us this week, and giving one lucky winner a $10 embellishment goodie pack! Guylou, from Guylou's Inimitability is giving one winner some digi images from her store! And, if that's not enough, Letraset is giving one winner a 5 pack of Promarkers!

How's that for fabulous prizes?! Hurry on over to Craft Your Passion for your chance to win!


I've been feeling springy lately, so I decided to go with spring colors for my project. I'm low on birthday cards, so it seemed like a good thing to make.My card layout uses the sketch at Sketches By Carly. (I love this little lady's sketches!) My Image is by Guylou's Inimitability. She is colored with Promarkers. The DP's are all from my stash. I love the sprinkles of glitter in the pink DP, for the added sparkle. I've used a scalloped circle punched with a punch by EK Success, behind my image, and adorned it with adhesive pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty that I colored with my Promarkers to match my card. The flowers are by Recollections, and are accented by leaves punched with a punch by Martha Stewart. The sentiment is from Sentiments 4 You, and is punched with the oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up. The image and sentiment are mounted with foam mounting tape, for dimension


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Sketch #29 The Craft's Meow at Sketches By Carly
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #56 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #78 Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #96 Anything Goes at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Crafts 4 Eternity
Challenge #89 Anything Goes at Paper Cutz
PTT#13 Anything Goes at party Time Tuesdays
Flowers at Scrap Creations
Challenge #3 Flowers at My Mum's Craft Shop
Week 17 April Showers Bring May Flowers at Charisma Cardz
Challenge #7 Flowers at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #9 Bling at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #8 Punches or Diecuts at Little Miss Muffet
Challenge #51 April Showers Bring May Flowers at Prairie Fairy
April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #53 Use A Die or Punch at Wags 'n Whiskers
For A Loved One at Card Makin Mamas
May Day at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #78 1,2, 3 Recipe (1 image, 2 circles, 3 flowers) at Totally Gorjuss
May Flowers and Pastel Colors at Catch The Bug
Challenge #44 Friend (Birthday) at Paper Playtime
Challenge #4 Bold And Bright at Bows and Berries
Birthday at Fairy Knoll
Challenge #114 Turquoise and Pink at Corrosive
Challenge #47 Free For All at Pear Tree Designs
Challenge #109 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #7 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Jay Gee's Nook
Challenge #7 Anything Goes Birthday at Birthday Sundaes
Challenge #25 Let's Get Girly at Mami Doodles
Challenge #6 Flowers at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #91 Anything Goes at Pollycraft
Anything Goes at Scrappy Frogs
Challenge #32 May Flowers at Daisy Doodles
TSG105 3D Flower Fun at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Birthday at Magical Monday
One For The Kids at Karen's Doodles
DDH5 Bling (Pearls) at Digi Design House
Anything Goes at The Emerald Faerie Garden
Challenge #12 Girl's Birthday at Crafter's Companion
HSC4 Case A Cake (Photo #1 Colorful and Bright) at Studio 313 Hotspot

Lots of Layers at Craft Your Passion

It's Monday! Are you ready for another fun challenge at Craft Your Passion?! This week, we want you to "Show Use Your Layers!" How's that for an easy theme?! Come on over to Craft Your Passion and link up your latest creation, for your change to win! We're being sponsored this week by the fabulous people at the Stitchy Bear Stamp Store!

Stitchy gave the DT some fabulous digi images to work with, from three designers from her store! (Stitchy Stamps, Floppy Latte Designs, and Reece's Scrap Pieces). She also gave us a paper pack that some of the DT used, by Floppy Latte Designs. The prize will be a paper pack and digi images from the Stitchy Bear Stamp Store!

When you go over to link up your challenge entry, Be sure You check out all the DT samples at Craft Your Passion. Show our DT some love by leaving comments!

My card, today, uses the sketch at Repeat Impressions I wanted to do a make card and decided to go with a monochromatic theme. And what perfect color for a male card, than blue? The gingham paper, paper with silver stars and polka dot paper are both from my stash. I used hand dyed skittles for the embellishing in the left upper corner. The hexagons were punched with a punch by Creative Memories, and mounted with Foam mounting tape, for Dimension. I did the sentiment by hand, this time. The image is called Sudz and is by Stitchy Stamps. He is colored with Promarkers.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #107 Pretty Punches at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #45 Polka Dots at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #62 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #80 Clean and Simple at Claudia & Company
Challenge #30 Open at Top Tip Tuesday
Digital at Scrap-Creations
Repeat Impressions Sketch A2011 at The House That Stamps Built
Monochromatic (No Glitter) at OWH Stars and Stamps
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #11 One For The Boys at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #108 Pile It On! at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #59 Father's Day or Sports at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #52 Let's Get Punchy at Sentimental Sunday
Challenge #58 Digi Day at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #118 Circles at The Crafty Pad
Use A Punch At Card Cupids
Challenge #90 Fun and Games at Pollycraft
Challenge #9 Circles (Polka Dot DP) at Cards For Men
Challenge #10 Anything Goes at Sparkles Forum
Recipe Challenge (1 Image, 2 printed Papers and 3 embellishments- 3 skittles) at I Did It Creations
Challenge #44 Digi Monday - Friend - at Paper Playtime
Masculine at Stamp-n-Doodle

Anything Goes And I'm Thinking Birthday

It's challenge time at Craft Your Passion! Whooo Hooo!

This week, we have another "Anything Goes" challenge for you! Be sure you play along with us at Craft Your Passion

There are four fabulous sponsors, too!! Our sponsors are: Mami Doodles, Digital Delights By Louby Lou, The Charm Barn, and Crafter's Companion. Don't miss out on your chance to win!

One of my co-workers has a delightful little granddaughter, who's having a birthday, this month. I generally do something for little Sativa-Ann, for her birthday. This year, I wanted to be different. I decided to make this cute little birthday bucket filled with candy.

The bucket has styrofoam in the bottom, with easter grass on top. The sticks are wooden skishkabob skewers that I bought last summer, for grilling shishkabobs, and still had some lying around the house. The Image (Nesbitt) and tickets are by Digital Delights By Louby Lou. I've colored the image with Promarkers. The "flowers" are punched with scalloped circles, with the ticket sentiments attached to them, with foam mounting tape. I attached the punched flowers and Nesbitt image to the skewers with hot glue. The ribbon around the bucket is from my stash. After adding my skewers to the bucket, I filled the bucket with candy.

I think little Sativa-Ann is going to love this birthday gift!


I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

For A Child at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #104 For The Kids at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #41 Cook It Up (Centerpiece with Candy) at Fresh Brewed Designs
PTT#9 Anything Goes With A handmade Flower (Flowers in centerpiece) at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #3 Handmade Flowers (Flowers in centerpiece) at The Stamping Boutique
Punch It Out At Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #3 Happy Birthday at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #74 Bright As Day at AI Factory
Challenge #37 Inspired By An Elvis Song (Hound Dog) at Crafty Ann's
Shape With Us at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #12 Happy Birthday at Fairy Tale Challenge
From The Home (Shishkabob Skewers) at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #40 Do It Yourself at Simply Create
Challenge #125 Spots and Dots (on bucket) at One Stop Crafts
Whatever at Fairy Knoll
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Animal Applause: Any Animal That Appears To Have Arms at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #17 Spots (on bucket) and Stripes at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #30 For Children at Crafty Emma's
April Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #56 Something 3D at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #3 Anything Goes Birthday at Birthday Sundaes
Challenge #23 Use A Punch Or Die Cut at Mami Doodles
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Challenge #42 Digi Monday at Paper Playtime
Polka Dots, Checks And Stripes at Happy Monday Challenges
Challenge #33 Make A Box Or Gift at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #16 Back In Shape at Happileigh Scrappin
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #25 Anything But Square Or Rectangle at Ellephantastic

It's Your Birthday! Grin and Bear It!

Are you ready for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion?! It's that time, again, and we have a fun new theme for you this week!

This time, our theme is "Grin and Bear It." We want to see all of your projects featuring a bear. We know people love to use bears on their cards and things, so we felt like this would be a fun theme. The possibilities are endless!

Come on over and play along with us at Craft Your Passion. Our sponsor this week is the oh so talented Kayla, of Purple Panda Designs. Play along with us for your chance to win!

Kayla gave the DT the most adorable bear images to use on our projects this week. My card uses the sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches, Stamp With Fun and at Sketch and Stash. for the layout. I used some fun papers for this one, too! The image is colored with Promarkers. I've used papers, a punched scalloped circle and punched scalloped border from Stampin Up. I got these goodies as one of my freebies from the recent Sale-A-Bration catalog, and dressed them up by adding glitter and sparkle with a clearstar gelly roll pen. The large adhesive pearls were part of the 99 cent bling I bought at the Scrapbook Expo I just attended over the weekend. Gotta love that bargain bling!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #107 Sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches
No (Rubber) Stamps??? at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #134 Birthday at Everybody-Art
Challenge #40 Two Or More Embellishments at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #58 Go Dotty at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #15 Clean and Simple at Digistamps4Joy
Lace at Creative Crafts
Challenge #58 Get Creative With Your Punches at Meljen's Desins
Challenge #49 From The Kitchen at Penny's Paper-Crafty
HSC2: Channeling Your Inner Movie Star (colors) at HotSpot
Challenge #12 Birthday For A Teen at Charisma Cardz
SISC52 Punch It Out at Stamp Insanity
DDCC#105 Celebration at Dutch Dare
Challenge #37 Inspired By An Elvis Song (Sweet Little Sixteen) at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #4 Cupcakes or Celebration at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #59 Cuddly and Cute at Totally Papercrafts
Challenge #49 All About Animals at Phindy's Place
Challenge #16 For Mum Or A Special Lady at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #6 Birthday Girl at Send A Smile 4 Kids
Challenge #48 Cute and Cuddly at Sentimental Sundays (Sentiment is on the balloon)
Challenge #104 Colors and Cupcake at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #13 Cutie Patootie at Pile It On
Challenge #14 Die Cuts Or Punches
Challenge #58 Sketch at Sketch and Stash
March Inspiration Challenge at InStyle Stamps
Challenge #10 Happy Birthday With Lots of Pearls at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #87 Sparkle and Shine at Incy Wincy
Challenge #104 Sketch at Stamp With Fun
Challenge #42 Digi Monday at Paper Playtime
Let's Glitter and Glitz It at Whoopsi Daisy
DDC#65 Old (Clearstar Jelly Roll Pen), New (DP from SU), Borrowed (Pearls from stash) and Blue (Scalloped border) at Dutch Dare
Color Challenge: Yellow, Pink and Green at Paper Cupcakes
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #20 Clean & Simple at Woodware USA
Challenge #40 Do It Yourself at Simply Create
Extra! Extra! What's New Cupcake at Stamping Vacation
Embellish It: Glitter at Stamping Vacation

Dude Time

Here we are, with a new challenge for you at Craft Your Passion! This week, our theme is to make a male card. Not easy for some of us, but an easy challenge for some of you! I hope you'll play along with us this week!! You could win some great prizes!

Oh, and of course, we have a fabulous sponsor for you this week! This week it is Dude Time Doodles (Bonniebleux Designs)! Bonnie generously gave the DT some of her awesome images to work with, and she is offering $10 in digi images from her store, to one lucky winner! You don't want to miss out on your chance at this fabulous prize!


For my card, I am using this hilarious image, Jose Hosed, by Dude Time Doodles (Bonniebleux Designs). As soon as I seen him, I just had to have him! He cracks me up! I knew, instantly, the sentiment I was going to use with him!

The papers are all from my stash. I tried to go with male type colors, so I chose a mix of browns, blues and greens. Of course, I had to throw a little twist on it, with the addition of the brown polka dots. Who says Polka Dots can't be for men?! Mr Jose Hosed is using his hose to spray off his porch. He is colored with Promarkers. I typed up the sentiment, It's not the size of your Hose, it's how you use it," on the computer and then punched it out with a scalloped oval punch by Marvey. I used a cinnamon brown ink to go around the edges of the sentiment. The sentiment is attached, using foam mounting tape for added dimension.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


No! No! No Flowers at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #47 Photo Inspiration (Colors: Brown, blue, green) at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Spots and Stripes at Inky Impressions
Challenge #57 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #22 Trendy Sayings at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #70 One For The Men at Crafty Catz
Challenge #7 Dots at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #60 Use A Punch at Sassy Studio Designs
Anything Goes at Guylou's Inimitability
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Something Funky at Stamp Something
Challenge #54 Do It With Digi's at Totally Papercrafts
Challenge #32 Something For The Boys at Easy Craft projects
Free For All (Betty Boop Challenge) at Stamp It Crazy
Challenge #18 Anything To Do With Cleaning (Using hose to spray off the porch) at Digi's With Attitude
Challenge #48 Punches at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Challenge #24 Spots and Stripes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at Little Claire's Designs
Challenge #82 Punches or Dies at Incy Wincy
Color Challenge at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #51 Masculine at Karen's Doodles
Challenge #53 Using Nestabilities or Other Punched Shapes at Alota Rubber Stamps

Let's Tie One On at Craft Your Passion

Good Morning! It is challenge day, again, at Craft Your Passion and this means we have a new sponsor! This week, we are being sponsored by Shelly, from Shelly's Images! Shelly is offering up a prize for our winner this week, so you want to be sure to play along with us! Also, please check out the wonderful creations by the rest of our DT. Shelly gave us some wonderful images to work with this week!

Ooooh, I almost forgot to tell you our challenge theme for this week! Our theme is "Let's Tie One On! We want to see you use ribbon, string, yarn, twine, or anything you can tie, on your project! A fun and easy theme, so there is no excuse not to play along with us! Get out your ink and get busy creating, then join us at Craft Your Passion for your chance to win!

For my project, I decided to go with a Birthday card. I'm using this adorable image, supplied by Shelly's Images. I've colored him with Promarkers and used my clearstar gelly roll pen to add glitter and sparkle. The yummy green metallic ribbon is from the Christmas Clearance at Michael's. The DP is from my stash. Sentiments were punched from the DP using the oval and scalloped oval punches from Stampin Up. Ive used the sketch at Create4Fun for my card layout, but have flipped it a little. My card also fits the sketch at Totally Gorjuss.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #16 Metal Mickey (Metallic ribbon) at Tip Top Tuesday
Challenge #54 Anything Goes at Fab 'n' Funky
Challenge #51 Sketch or Punches at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #30 Something New (ribbon) at The Creative Cottage
All That Glitters at Fairy Knoll
Challenge #56 Tie It Up With Ribbon at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #80 Ring Out The Old (DP), Ring In The New (Ribbon) at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #19 Two Word Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #64 Food & Drink at Crafty Catz
Use Your New Goodies (ribbon) at The Crafty Purple Frog
Fun Food Challenge at Blackleaf Studios
Challenge #134 It's All New (Ribbon) To Me at Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog
Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #61 Ribbons and Bows at If The Shoe Fits
Week #2 Sketch at Crete4Fun
Challenge #7 New (Ribbon) at Delicious Doodles
Challenge #116 Tons of Texture at The Secret Crafter
Challenge #62 Sketch at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #1 New Beginnings (New Stash-Ribbon) at Quirky Crafts
Anything Goes at Creative Craft World
GL9 Celebrations at Gingerloft
Challenge #103 Birthday at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #54 Something New at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #2 New Things (image & ribbon) at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #15 Something New (image) plus ribbon, lace or trim at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #124 Something New (ribbon) at Cupcake Crafts
Challenge #18 For That Special Stud at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #75 New Things (ribbon) at Pollycraft
Male Card at Forever Friends
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at Digi's By Phooka

Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes-Card #2

As mentioned in my previous post, at Craft Your Passion this week, our theme is "Anything Goes," and we have three awesome sponsors for you, today!We are being sponsored by the wonderful Judy, from Pizazz Aplenty, and she's giving our winner a yummy package of goodies from her store! If you haven't checked out Pizazz Aplenty, you better rush over to their store and check it out! Judy has fast service, and wonderful prices! Our second sponsor is the fabulous Digi's With Attitude! If you have attitude or even just like attitude, these are the digi stamps for you! Cindy Lynn has created some fantastic images for us all to enjoy! The Grumpy Gretchen series is my favorite! If you haven't checked out her images, you really need to! They're awesome! Our third sponsor this week is Digi's By Phooka. Myriam has created lots of adorable images and they are just too cute for words! They are a newer digi company and could really use our support. Please jump on over to Myriam's store and check out her adorable digi stamps.

I decided to do two cards this week, one for each digi sponsor, so that I could make sure both companies had a project featured for each image they were nice enough to give our DT to work with.

For this post, I am showing you my card using this cute Hot Cocoa image from Digi's By Phooka.

I love this Hot Cocoa image. It is so adorable! Of course, it makes me think Winter, so I had to do a Winter themed card. We still have quite a bit of snow left on the ground, so it is perfect weather for a mug of Hot Cocoa. I colored the image with my Promarkers. The snowflake DP and striped DP are both from my stash. I used 4mm silver flatback pearls from Pizazz Aplenty for embellishing. I finished the card off with a small piece of silver snowflake trim, attached with mini glue dots.

Is this cute or what?!



I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #15 Embellishments at Tip Top Tuesday
Challenge #53 Quick and Easy Does It at Fab 'n' Funky
Challenge #80 Anything Goes at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #42 Snowflakes at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #91 Anything Goes at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #7 Sparkle & Shine at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #90 Winter Wonderland at The Pink Elephant
Anything Goes at Digistamps4Joy
"Ring" (Silver) In The New Year (Silver) at Paper Pretties
Challenge #55 Happy New Year (Silver) at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #18 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
New (silver pearls) at Stamp-n-Doodle
Challenge #6 Blue & Silver at The Hodge Podge Shop
Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle at Character Cafe
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #36 Something New (silver pearls) at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #1 Brand Spankin' New (New silver pearls) at Pile It On
ASC32 Anything Goes at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Free And Easy at Whoopsi Daisy

Give Me An Attitude, Because Anything Goes!

Whoo Hoo! It's 2011 and this is a super exciting day at Craft Your Passion! As you all hopefully know by now, our first challenge of the month is "Anything Goes" challenge! And we know how you all love those challenges! But, there is more big excitement....

For 2011, Passion will be having sponsors, so you will get chances to win awesome prizes from some fabulous companies like Aplenty, Letraset many more! Whoo Hoo! How awesome is that?!

Here is even more big news! Starting with this challenge, the first week of every month is our "Anything Goes" challenge, and these weeks will feature multiple sponsors! That's right! You will have a chance to win prizes from at least two companies, in our Anything Goes challenges! If you haven't yet become a follower, you might want to do that so that you don't miss out! We have some wonderful goodies lined up to give away!

This week, our theme is "Anything Goes," and we have three awesome sponsors for you, today!We are being sponsored by the wonderful Judy, from Pizazz Aplenty, and she's giving our winner a yummy package of goodies from her store! If you haven't checked out Pizazz Aplenty, you better rush over to their store and check it out! Judy has fast service, and wonderful prices! Our second sponsor is the fabulous Digi's With Attitude! If you have attitude or even just like attitude, these are the digi stamps for you! Cindy Lynn has created some fantastic images for us all to enjoy! The Grumpy Gretchen series is my favorite! If you haven't checked out her images, you really need to! They're awesome! Our third sponsor this week is Digi's By Phooka. Myriam has created lots of adorable images and they are just too cute for words! They are a newer digi company and could really use our support. Please jump on over to Myriam's store and take a look. If you love cutesy, these are right up your alley!

Now that I have rambled on for what seems like forever, and practically written a book, let me tell you about my card.

I have done two cards for this challenge, because I want to make sure all images that the sponsors provided to us, get some exposure. So, I've done one by Digi's By Phooka, and one from Digi's With Attitude, but will put them in separate posts.

This post, I am featuring my card with the Grumpy Gretchen Mechanic image, by Digi's With Attitude. I had so much fun creating with this image, and I couldn't help myself with the sentiment! LOL. I've colored Grumpy Gretchen with Promarkers. (she has some sparkle added, too, with my trusty clearstar gelly roll pen). The background paper reminds me of checkered flags, so I felt it was perfect for this image. I've used red Jezebel lace, and black Gabrielle lace from Pizzazz Aplenty. The 3mm clear rhinestones on her clothes and on the scalloped oval are also from Pizzazz Aplenty. I used black cardstock, and made lines to create a road, using a white primsacolor pencil. Then, I added a red button and a checkered flag button from the Start Your Engine series of Dress It Up Buttons. These are new- I bought them specifically to use on this card, because they are perfect for this image! The sentiment/quote is supposed to say, "If It Has Tires or Testicles, It's Going To Give You Trouble!. Unfortunately, I realized after I took the pic, that I made a typo. I have fixed it, but did not have time to take a new pic before my card went up. (Too much family stuff to day with the family yesterday and last night! Phew!) I punched the sentiment with the oval and scalloped oval punches, by Stampin Up, and attached it with foam mounting tape for dimension.


I made this card for my cousin who just broke up with her boyfriend and is making a "New beginning" by moving into her own place and being newly single again.


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #80 Anything Goes at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #53 Quick and Easy Does It at Fab 'n' Funky
Challenge #61 Someone Special at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #10 Punch It Out at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #91 Anything Goes at Digital Tuesday
Anything Goes at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #7 Sparkle & Shine at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #15 Embellishments at Tip Top Tuesday
"Ring" (Gemstones) In The New Year at Paper Pretties
Anything Goes at Fairy Knoll
Challenge #55 Happy New Year (Silver Gemstones) at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #18 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #51 Pearls and Lace at Charisma Cardz
New (buttons) at Stamp-n-Doodle
SISC40 Sparkle at Stamp Insanity
Challenge #9 Anything Goes at Southern Girls
Something With Glitter at Stamp Something
Use A Quote (Mine has a typo in it, but you get the point) at Frosted Designs
Challenge #60 Red At If The Shoe Fits
Challenge #43 New Beginnings at Prairie Fairy
Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle at Character Cafe
Challenge #112 New Beginnings at One Stop Craft Challenge
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #36 Something New (buttons) at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #11 New Beginnings (End of Relationship & Newly Single) at Quirky Crafts
Anything Goes Card Challenge at Creative Craft World
Sentimental at Scrappy Frogs
Challenge #92 Photo Inspiration (colors: Red, White & Black) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #1 Brand Spankin' New (Card for someone Newly Single) at Pile It On
ASC32 Anything Goes at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #4 Something New (Newly Single) at Creative Cowgirls
Challenge #46 Sketch at Critter Challenge
CCH#48 All Things New (Newly Single) at The Crazy Challenge
Free And Easy at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #2 New Things (car & flag buttons) at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #15 Something New (buttons) plus ribbon, lace or trim at Really Reasonable Ribbon
January Pick 3 (red Paper, Punch, Glitter) at Stamping Vacation